Restricting Settings in Windows 10 1703

In Windows 10 1703 – Creators Update there is a new Group Policy setting that actually allows us to control what is visible in “Settings” for our users. This is useful for computers with a specific purpose for instance or other business requirements. The policy is called “Settings Page Visibility” it can be used to either Hide a specific settings or Show only a specific setting or settings.

Example to hide the Bluetooth settings page we use the GPO with the settings hide:bluetooth as shown below.

On the machine the Bluetooth settings is actually gone:

We can also use the Group Policy setting with the “ShowOnly” option as shown below.

On the computer the Settings page will now only show, Colors, Start and Themes

In 1709 it now contains an extra tab Xbox Networking which can be blocked by using gaming-XboxNetworking
But when I block all tabs under Gaming, Gaming is still visible, when I clock on Gaming Settings gets unresponsive and finally closes.

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My name is Jörgen Nilsson and I work as a Senior Consultant at Onevinn in Malmö, Sweden. This is my blog where I will share tips and stuff for my own and everyone elses use on Enterprise Mobility and Windows related topics.
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